3A boy hits a ball as people walk along the seafront in Galle, 119 km from Colombo, Sri Lanka. (Reuters)

4A chimney in the eastern German town of Boxberg is demolished. Experts drilled 1,653 holes for explosives to demolish the chimney of the old Boxberg power station, which is 300 meters high and weighs around 11,000 tons. (Reuters)

6Magician David Blaine channels bolts of electricity from various Tesla coils charged with one million volts of electricity during a stunt on Pier 54 in New York. Blaine hopes to stand in the same position for 72 hours. (Reuters)

7Tengger tribesmen perform cane fighting during the religious ritual of ‘Karo’ in Probolinggo, East Java, Indonesia. The Hindu tribe celebrate the ritual once a year to praise their God, Sang Hyang Widi Wasa, who endows prosperity to their land. (AP)

8Roads, herds of cows and a chalet are picked out by the autumnal light from the 1,989meters high Stanserhorn mountain, Central Switzerland. (AFP)

9Novak Djokovic of Serbia throws his T-shirt to his fans after winning men’s singles semi-final against Florian Mayer of Germany at the China Open tennis tournament in the National Tennis Center of Beijing. (AFP)